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Doors off in
Columbia.
Columbia averages 131 doors-off days a year. Here's which months deliver, which don't and why, from 10 years of daily weather. Plus this week's call.
Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
Prime season
Months that average doors-off weather on at least half their days.
May
Best month
20 doors-off days on average, feels-like high 85°F.
This week in Columbia
Pull them this week?
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Scored with our fair-weather defaults (68–100°F feels-like, wind under 18 mph, low rain odds). Forecast from Open-Meteo.
Month by month
Doors-off days in Columbia, by month
| Month | Doors-off days | Feels-like high | Wet days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 51°F | 9.3 | |
| Feb | 57°F | 8.9 | |
| Mar | 65°F | 9.2 | |
| Apr | 74°F | 8.2 | |
| May | 85°F | 9.2 | |
| Jun | 94°F | 12 | |
| Jul | 99°F | 15 | |
| Aug | 96°F | 13 | |
| Sep | 89°F | 9.1 | |
| Oct | 76°F | 6.3 | |
| Nov | 63°F | 8.2 | |
| Dec | 55°F | 9.4 |
Averages per month over 2015–2024. Highlighted rows are prime months.
When to take it off in Columbia
Prime season in Columbia runs Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct: those months average doors-off weather on at least half their days.
January, February, March, November and December are the cold side: the average feels-like high sits under 68°F. July and August run hot: the average feels-like high is 96°F or more, close enough to the 100°F ceiling that a lot of days go over.
Your limits aren't ours. If you run doors-off at 55°F in a hoodie, or bail the second it hits 85, set your own thresholds in the forecast tool and it'll call each day for Columbia against them.
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Doors off in South Carolina: legal with a clear rear view
The SC mirror and fender rules, in plain English with the statute cited.
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Columbia doors-off FAQ.
- When is doors-off season in Columbia?
- Prime season in Columbia runs Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct: those months average doors-off weather on at least half their days. Counted from 10 years (2015–2024) of daily weather, where a doors-off day means a feels-like high between 68 and 100°F, wind under 18 mph and no real rain.
- How many doors-off days does Columbia get a year?
- About 131 on average, which ranks #27 of the 95 US metros we track. The best month, May, averages 20 doors-off days.
- What's the best month to run doors-off in Columbia?
- May, then September and October, by average doors-off days. Check this week's forecast before you pull them; averages don't drive.
- Is it legal to drive with the doors off in South Carolina?
- Legal with a clear rear view. The full South Carolina mirror and fender rules, cited to the statute, are on our South Carolina doors-off law page.
How we count: daily weather for Columbia (34.0007, -81.0348) from the Open-Meteo historical archive (ERA5 reanalysis, a gridded model of past weather, not a single airport station), 2015–2024. A doors-off day has a feels-like high of 68–100°F, max wind of 18 mph or less and under 0.04 in of rain. Those are the same fair-weather limits the forecast tool starts with. Averages smooth out good and bad years; the forecast is what you drive on.